Business
Environment ignored in Tiwi Islands oil and gas project
Environmentalists are up in arms after a major oil and gas project has gone ahead without an environmental assessment. The......
Calls for stricter penalties on worker’s memorial day
Australians are lucky to boast strong rights in most workplaces, however this doesn’t make us exempt from work-related deaths. Over......
Governments, business argue for minimum wage ‘restraint’
The Fair Work Commission is currently reviewing the minimum wage and businesses and conservative governments are calling on the Commission......
Full mental health report argues for redirection of funding
On Wednesday, we covered the leaked summary of the National Mental Health Commission’s report on mental health programs and services.......
Transparency to tackle tax avoidance
Some of the world’s largest corporations have been grilled by Australian Senators this week in the inquiry into tax avoidance.......
Penalty rates campaign hits the wrong mark
The Easter long weekend saw the penalty rates debate fire up as businesses closed their doors and put up signs......
The cost of tax reform on your online shopping
The Government’s tax discussion paper, released today, highlights the GST threshold for online shopping as an issue. At the moment......
SDA cuts penalty rates for retail workers in SA
In a landmark agreement, the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) in South Australia negotiated an EBA with retail......
Car industry funding smoke and mirrors
In another backflip on budget policy, the Abbott government announced today via Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane, that it would repeal......
The taxing task of chasing multi-nationals
The Labor party released its policy on taxing multi-national companies today in an attempt to stave off accusations they won’t......